Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

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"Now we see a Labor Party which wants to tax legal migrants to pay the expenses of illegal migrants," Mr Abbott said.

"I mean that's the perversity of our government."

The coalition has promised, if elected, to scrap Labor's mining and carbon taxes.

Mr Abbott said there was a lot of unnecessary spending which the coalition could cut to return the budget to surplus.

"If we can get our borders under control, if we can pause unnecessary white elephants such as the National Broadband Network, I am confident we can make the saving that will be needed to give the forgotten families of Australia the cost of living relief they deserve."